Chapter 166: Chase
Perhaps Jiang Shouzhong was too cold and perfunctory, which made Jin Ao's attempt to further explore his family background come to nothing. He had no choice but to retreat to his campfire unhappily, sighing repeatedly.
Jin Ao was very depressed.
My first matchmaking encounter was a setback and I was very shocked.
The woman in the bamboo hat saw Jin Ao's deflated appearance and smiled, "Brother Jin, how can you be such a matchmaker for your master?"
Jin Ao picked up the wooden stick and picked the fire, and said helplessly:
"Sister Long, I'm already very polite. My sect master is really beautiful. How can this silly boy marry her?" It’s a blessing earned over several lifetimes, so why aren’t you interested?”
The woman in a bamboo hat who was called “Long Mei” smiled and said:
“That young master has never seen you. Sect Master, how can I believe that what you said is true? Besides, if you start talking about matchmaking, normal people would have been scared away, and they would definitely think that you have ulterior motives and have some agenda."
"I look similar. Bad guy?" Jin Ao was dissatisfied.
Looking at the man with a rough face, Longmei suppressed a smile and nodded seriously, "It's very similar."
Jin Ao looked depressed.
Longmei suppressed her smile, replaced it with a touch of softness, and said in a soft voice:
"As the world often says, those who are kind to others have a kind heart, and those who are evil to face are cruel. As everyone knows, some people are gentle and gentle on the outside. , but their hearts are full of viciousness and ugliness; while some people appear to be evil, but in fact they are kind-hearted. In Long'er's heart, Lord Jin is the kindest person in the world."
Jin Ao sighed and touched. Touching the beard on his face, "Sure enough, he is still ugly." Then he corrected himself: "You are wrong, I am not a human, I am a demon."
Longmei said faintly: "What's the difference between a human and a monster? The only difference is good and evil."
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On the other side, Jiang Shouzhong lit a bonfire and stared at the jumping people. Flame, lost in thought.
At this moment, he felt a touch of worry and confusion in his heart.
Worry is for Zhang Queer.
I don’t know if that girl can survive peacefully after arriving at the Monster Clan.
Confusion means you start to question your own character.
Are you not emotionally "overbearing" enough?
Sometimes, he respects other people's choices and feels that what the other person chooses may be what the other person wants. You have no right to interfere or impose your ideas on others.
This was true for Hong'er back then, and it is true for Zhang Queer now.
But the results are often unsatisfactory.
Jiang Shouzhong couldn't help but wonder if it would have been better if he had forcibly tied them to him from the beginning.
Keren is an emotional animal after all. Who can guarantee that the choice made at that time will be a good one.
If the relationship between two people is centered on individuals, will the result really be good?
Jiang Shouzhong rubbed his face, feeling increasingly conflicted.
Different from investigating cases, he is always slow when it comes to emotions, unable to keenly discern a girl's true thoughts and make the best choice.
All he can do is simplify everything.
If I like you, I will chase you. If you don’t like me, then I won’t stick to you. If you want to leave, I won't stop you. If you want to stay, I will love you very much.
But is this really good?
The campfire crackled, and thoughts drifted in the flames.
Jiang Shouzhong's inner confusion became more and more intense, like fog clinging to the river surface, unable to dissipate for a long time.
Unconsciously, rain has fallen outside the cave.
The rain poured down like a torrent, and the mist splashed on the ground was like the billowing smoke and dust rolled up after thousands of soldiers galloping past.
At this moment, two figures appeared in the pouring rain.
The two men were staggering, a man and a woman.
The man looked pale and was obviously seriously injured. The figure was shaky, and it was only thanks to the woman's support that she could barely move forward.
Under the attack of the rain, blood slowly seeped out from the abdomen, dripping with blood. And his eyes seemed to be injured, and he could only squint slightly.
The woman is wearing a light green dress and has a tall figure.
After seeing someone in the cave, the two people's expressions instantly became tense.
However, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the people in the cave were not the ones chasing them, but seemed to be passers-by taking shelter from the rain.
Even so, the two of them still looked wary.
Because his vision was limited, the man's mouth moved slightly and whispered something to the woman.
The woman with graceful eyebrows held the man's hand tightly, forcing herself to calm down. She looked at the heavy rain behind her and the man's injuries, whispered a few words, and helped him to a place near the entrance of the cave. On the open ground.
Jin Ao frowned slightly and ignored the two of them.
Although he is an old-fashioned and warm-hearted person, he can also observe in advance to make himself aware of the situation, so as not to be kind-hearted but help evil people.
After all, being a good person in this world requires brains.
Jiang Shouzhong, who never meddles in other people's business, is even more lazy to pay attention.
He took the dry food delivered by Erliang, and while eating, he was thinking about the next route, whether to take the official road or the more remote mountain road.
Putting the man carefully against the stone wall, the woman in the green skirt struggled to tear off a piece of skirt cloth, not caring about getting soaked by the rain, and wrapped it around the other man's abdomen, trying to stop the continuous flow of bright red.
The man closed his eyes slightly and allowed his companions to take good care of him.
But one of his hands was holding a knife tightly - only half of the blade was left, badly broken, and the blade was even more uneven. It had obviously gone through a fierce struggle.
Looking at the man's pale and haggard face, the woman felt a sadness in her heart, her eyes sparkled, and tears were about to burst out of her eyes. But he tried hard to hold back his grief and did not let the tears fall.
She found some dry branches nearby and tried to make a fire, but neither of them had fire breaks.
The woman looked at the blazing fire in front of Jin Ao and Jiang Shouzhong, with a hint of hesitation in her expression.
She asked the man a few questions in a low voice, but he shook his head. In the end, the woman sighed slightly and did not insist. She sat next to her lover and held his cold hand tightly. Interlocked.
In the stormy cave, the two cuddled up against each other.
Jin Ao hesitated for a moment in the distance, but in the end he could not resist his conscience and shouted at the top of his voice: "Hey, you two come to my place to warm yourself by the fire. I'm afraid you two will freeze to death this night. There."
The man was expressionless and did not respond.
But after hearing this voice, he frowned subconsciously.
The woman smiled apologetically, with a polite expression on her face.
Jin Ao said dissatisfied: "I said, how can you, a grown man, do things like mother-in-law and mother-in-law? If you are not afraid of death, don't take your wife with you. What? You want your woman to be buried with you when you die?"
The man held the knife tightly. Handle, with an angry look on his face.
Seeing the frail look of the woman next to her with pale lips and shivering from the cold, she felt a pang in her heart.
But he hesitated and did not let the woman lead him to Jin Ao's fire. Instead, he pointed at Jiang Shouzhong and the others with his chin and whispered a few words to the woman in a low voice.
The woman nodded her head, stood up and walked lightly to Jiang Shouzhong and the others. She asked in a weak and nervous voice: "Brother, can I lend you a piece of fire?"
Compared with the rugged-faced burly man Jin Ao and the mysterious woman in a bamboo hat, the pairing of Jiang Shouzhong looks much safer.
A girl, a little girl, and a handsome man.
You don’t look like a bad person no matter how you look at it.
When Jin Ao saw this, he was so angry that he almost jumped up to argue. When the woman in a bamboo hat next to him grabbed his sleeve, he suppressed his dissatisfaction. He picked up a piece of dried meat and started chewing it, muttering in his mouth. .
Jiang Shouzhong said calmly: "Bring some burning firewood over there to ignite it."
"Thank you, thank you, brother."
The woman quickly bowed and saluted, and picked up a few half-burnt firewood from the fire.
Halfway through the journey, the woman suddenly looked back, bowed apologetically to Jin Ao and thanked him, and then hurried back to her lover. Jin Ao's expression improved a little.
The woman carefully ignited the dry firewood she had collected earlier, and the flame gradually grew stronger, illuminating the place where the two of them were, dispelling the chill.
Seeing that the fire was stable, the woman sat down peacefully and continued to take care of her lover.
"This is the second pair of wild mandarin ducks we have met."
Yelu Miaomiao came close to Jiang Shouzhong and whispered.
“What?” Jiang Shouzhong turned his head.
Yelu Miaomiao's eyes were gleaming, with a hint of gossip, and she asked in a low voice: "The eldest lady of the Long family and Wen Tong are now a couple again. Do you think there is any problem with these two people? Did you elope?”
"You are injured like that, can you still have no problem?"
Jiang Shouzhong said lightly, "As for whether you eloped or not, it has nothing to do with us. We can send you out of Fengcheng Longsu smoothly. What I care about most."
Yelu Miaomiao pouted, "You are so anxious to send me away."
The girl felt a little angry for no reason.
Jiang Shouzhong opened his mouth and suddenly stared at the girl next to him with a strange expression,
"What? You don't want to leave? If you don't want to go back to Yanrong, I won't force you. Even if you want me to be responsible for you, I won't refuse. At the worst, I'll change your name and become my wife."
< br>“Tch, you have a beautiful idea.”
Yelu Miaomiao’s face was hot, and she whispered viciously, “I am Princess Yanrong, you are not worthy of me.”
< br>She waved her pink fist.
Jiang Shouzhong smiled and said: "So, we will still become strangers after all."
The girl suddenly froze.
She silently stared at the fire, folded her legs, rested her chin on her knees, her black hair hanging down her temples, swaying slightly, and murmured: "Yes, we are still strangers after all."< br>
Erliang held his little face in his hands and sat quietly beside Jiang Shouzhong in a daze.
She missed Sister Queer.
Jiang Shouzhong looked at the sad Erliang with gentle eyes, touched the latter's little head, and said softly: "Erliang, do you want to hear a story?"
Erliang was stunned and nodded vigorously.
Yelu Miaomiao, who was a little sad at first, also lit up her beautiful eyes and came closer, "Speak quickly, tell me quickly, we haven't finished talking about the story about Heaven and Slaying the Dragon last time. What happened to Zhang Wuji when he fell off the cliff... "
Jiang Shouzhong smiled and started telling stories to the two girls.
......
As late night approached, the wind and rain outside the cave gradually subsided, leaving only the sound of dripping water, beating the quiet night.
After a day of running around, the two girls had already fallen asleep.
Erliang nestled on Jiang Shouzhong's lap, breathing evenly and delicately. His sleeping petite face looked particularly delicate under the light of the fire, like a newly blooming lily, pure and flawless.
In the center of his eyebrows, there are occasional flashes of white light and shadow, like a blooming flower from the other side.
Yelu Miaomiao originally dozed off on Jiang Shouzhong's shoulder, and then fell asleep in the man's arms. The girl sleeps peacefully, her long eyelashes casting a light shadow on her cheeks.
Although he is wearing a disguise, he cannot hide his fresh and refined temperament, like a mountain elf.
The fire made a slight crackling sound, intertwined with the breathing of the two women.
Jiang Shouzhong was not sleepy, holding a wooden stick and beating the fire from time to time.
He looked towards Jin Ao.
The woman in the bamboo hat had fallen asleep leaning against the cave wall, covered with a thick man's shirt.
Jin Ao was sitting cross-legged in meditation.
As for the two people at the entrance of the cave, the man had been sleeping with his eyes closed, and his hand holding the handle of the knife never relaxed for a moment.
The woman leaned on the man's shoulder, sleeping lightly, her eyebrows slightly furrowed. Occasionally he would open his eyes and look at the fire. If the flames became weak, he would add more dry wood, his face full of worry and sadness.
A small cave, three completely different people, completely different destinies.
Jiang Shouzhong was thinking a lot, and he thought of Sister Ye and his ex-wife Hong'er again.
Soon, the silence was broken by the sound of horse hooves.
The sleeping man seemed to be hit by electric current, and his pupils suddenly shrank. He jumped up almost instinctively, holding the handle of the knife tightly at his waist, the veins on the back of his hand bulging from tension.
The woman who was awakened was confused at first. When she saw the people outside the cave, her pretty face turned pale instantly, and her delicate body could not restrain herself from trembling violently.
Erliang and Yelu Miaomiao were also awakened by the noise.
When she saw that she was sleeping in the man's arms, Yelu Miaomiao straightened up as if she had been electrocuted.
The girl's heart was beating like a drum, and the heat on her cheeks quickly spread to her ears. She quickly asked, trying to hide her inner embarrassment, "What's going on outside?"
"It's okay, it has nothing to do with us."
Jiang Shouzhong patted Erliang on the shoulder, signaling the girl not to be nervous.
"Are they chasing them?"
Yelu Miaomiao looked at the two tense people at the door. By adjusting her clothes, she quietly calmed down her disordered heartbeat, trying to calm her heart. His expression returned to normal.
"Probably so." Jiang Shouzhong nodded.
At this time, Jin Ao had already stood up and confirmed that the person outside was not coming for him. He waved his hand to indicate to the woman in the hat that there was no need to panic.
"Su Junwen, damn it's so hard for me to have a good meal."
A rough scolding came from outside the cave, accompanied by the sound of eight horses stamping on the ground, standing in awe. outside the cave entrance.
Everyone on horseback is wearing a raincoat and braving the wind and rain.
The leader is a one-armed man with sinister eyes and a mace in his hand. His cold eyes are like a hawk locking on the men and women in the cave, with a cruel smile on his lips. .
He turned to a capable subordinate next to him and ordered: "Tell the eldest son a message."
The subordinate nodded, took out a bamboo tube, deftly untied the rope at the end, and pulled it gently. A dazzling flame erupted from the top of the bamboo tube, piercing the dark night sky and exploding in the air.
The man and woman being hunted were Su Junwen and Tan Shuangshuang, the third sons of the Su family.
"Zhao Ying, you are also a master of Master Xiaoxuan, but you are willing to regard yourself as a dog of the Su family. Don't you think it is embarrassing?"
Su Junwen looked at the horse on the horse. This guest of the Su family gritted his teeth and said sarcastically.
Zhao Ying sneered and said: "Since I have eaten the Su family's rice bowl, there is no reason to throw away my rice bowl. And the eldest son has promised that as long as I capture you and take you back, this Tan family girl will belong to me."
The woman's face turned red and she said angrily: "Even if I die, I will not follow you."
Zhao Ying looked at Tan Shuangshuang's beautiful figure and said sadly:
"It's not up to you whether you want to follow me or not. I personally took the betrothal gift to find your mother who is hiding in the countryside. I also gave your mother two slaps as a meeting gift. Humph, I thought I was hiding. Can’t find it?”
Tan Shuangshuang almost fainted when he heard this, his face was pale and his lips were trembling.
Zhao Ying rode his horse forward slowly, looking at Su Junwen's shaky and powerless appearance. The blade in his hand was trembling and difficult to hold firmly. There was a hint of ridicule in his tone, and he said coldly:
"You look so weak that you can't even hold the knife in your hand, so why are you struggling in vain here? Go back with me, maybe If you are kind-hearted, you will spare your life. After all, you are also the son of Su Daxia, the second fastest swordsman in the world, even though you are an illegitimate son."
Su Junwen smiled miserably, "Son? This is really a big joke, I never did. Think of yourself as a member of the Su family. If my mother's surname was not Su, I wouldn't even bother to have this surname!
Isn't it because Mr. Su is anxious to kill me because he is afraid that I will reveal the scandal about the Su family? < br>
He, Su Shanke, took his sworn brothers and relied on the imperial court to hunt down Qu Hongling, the leader of the Sky Demon Sect, for the so-called reward, and finally became a great hero. He was so magnificent
But how did he survive when he was trapped in Emerald Canyon? Why was he the only one who survived? Why is he crazy?
Although I don’t know the whole story, I know at least some of the inside story. In order to survive for himself, Su Shanke was so hungry that he even dared to use the corpses of his sworn brothers as rations! Is this kind of trash worthy of being a hero? "
"Shut up! "
Zhao Ying said in a gloomy tone, "That's why Su Daxia is crazy, so he's just talking nonsense. With Su Daxia's character, how could he do such a thing. "
"Humph, if it's true, you might as well go and confront Qu Hongling. ”
Su Junwen sneered. "When Su Shanke knew that Qu Hongling was still alive, he was so frightened that he even cried for mercy while sleeping."
(End of Chapter)